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JUDY GRAHAM HAS BEEN KNITTING FOR FILMS AND TV FOR 30 YEARS AND HAND KNITTING FOR OVER 50 YEARS

Saturday, September 26, 2009

NEW FREE VIDEO--INCREASE ON PURL ROW

Something that I've been asked a lot is how do you increase on a Purl row? It's pretty easy the way I do it. I use the M1 (Make one) method. The video is now on my web-site. Check it out. Next will be how to decrease on a Purl row.
Thanks to all of you who like my baby blanket. It was fun to make.
HAPPY KNITTING!!

Thursday, September 24, 2009

BABY BLANKET


Here's the Baby Blanket I was working on. I love the way it came out. I used several different stitches for the squares. I made 3 strips of squares, picked up the stitches on the edges and did a few rows of garter stitch of a few different colors on each side, then I grafted (kitchiner stitch)the strips together. I used Softball Cotton yarn and a size 8 needle. I really didn't make a pattern. My way is to just start knitting and see what happens. Maybe this will inspire you to knit a crazy quilt blanket.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

NEW FREE VIDEO-ADD COLOR IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROW


Another question I get all the time is answered in this video demonstration. HOW TO ADD COLOR IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROW. I've been making a little baby blanket with lots of squares, each one with a different stitch or pattern. One of the squares has 2 colors half and half, using this technique. See the picture here and I'll post the whole blanket when it's done.
Have you seen my selling sites on Ravelry, Esty, or e-bay. I have some nice yarns listed for sale on all or some of them at different times. Right now I'm selling Cascade 220 and Cascade Lana D'oro. If you're interested take a look and/or just e-mail me directly.

Friday, September 04, 2009

BIND OFF EASY LIKE LACE STITCH VIDEO

For all of you who have e-mailed me about this, here's a demonstration of how to BIND OFF your LIKE LACE project. It's simple. Just use every stitch, including the YO. I suggest, however, to make things ever easier, start your project with a few rows of garter stitch and end the same. I hope this helps you. The next video will be a demonstration of how to unravel this stitch. Watch for it coming soon. I usually put them on Youtube first because that's easy for me. I have to wait for the web-master to put them on the web-site.
I'm now selling yarns on e-bay, Esty and Ravelry, but if you're looking for some particular yarn let me know and I'll see if I have it.
Happy Knitting!